Introduction. Modern trends in the development of society require the active participation of people themselves in managing their health. The use of modern popular science literature can become the basis that will increase the coverage of the population with modern gerontological education. The purpose of the work is to study the possibilities of using popular scientific literature in the gerontological education of the population. Materials and methods. The effectiveness of the use of modern popular scientific literature in the field of gerontology that meets the criteria of «5B» for the gerontological education of the population is studied. 1217 respondents of gerontological education were examined. The level of knowledge in the field of intrinsic capacity domains, as well as the effectiveness of their application, is studied. The three-month monitoring was carried out using the Beck depression scale, age discrimination of Palmore, the levels of physical activity, the structure and nature of nutrition were studied. Results. Increasing gerontological knowledge through the literature that meets the criteria of «5B» provides improved functionality due to an increase in the level of aerobic activity from 66.74+11.20 to 148.02+10.28 min/week, the level of anaerobic activity from 10.15+2.49 to 35.15+7.50 min/week, changes in the nature and structure of nutrition in the form of an increase in the number and frequency of consumption of fresh vegetables and fruits, a decrease in the consumption of simple sugars, changes in the proportion of protein-containing products in favor of vegetable proteins, increasing the time between the last meal in the evening and the first meal in the morning 8.34+0.13 to 9.42+0.22 hours, as well as by increasing the self-esteem of the psychological state. Conclusion. The popular scientific medical literature for gerontological education of the population, which meets the criteria of «5B», allows to significantly increase the knowledge of respondents in the field of psychological, motor, cognitive, somatic, sensory and nutritional domains of individual viability and to have a protective effect on the psychological, motor and nutritional domains in the short term.